The Hanoitimes - Many technology transaction floors in the country are operating perfunctorily and have to shift business to acting as sales agents for foreign manufacturers.
Luong Tu Son, manager of the HCMC Technology Transactions Floor, said since the establishment in March this year, his floor has performed only four technology transfer projects, with only two having been successfully transferred to enterprises as buyers.
“We are offering free services for customers, including evaluation and technology assessment services as well as free brokerage, but activities at the floor are scant due to economic difficulties,” he told the Daily.
In the same boat is Hai Phong Technology and Equipment Transaction Floor (Hatex), which has seen very few transactions since the middle of last year as enterprises have sought to cut costs.
The number of contracts signed via the floor since the year’s beginning is 212 with the total value of over 300 billion VND, but 12 major contracts have been delayed due to capital shortage on the part of buyers, said Nguyen Dinh Vinh, director of the floor.
Vinh said his floor’s total revenue this year had tumbled by 30% year-on-year in the year’s first three quarters to only 1.2 billion VND.
He added that local technology products still fail to meet buyers’ requirements, prompting them to import products from other countries.
